When we picked up our new Goldendoodle pup, I had not prepared at all. All I had done was buy a crate that was too large, set the appointment with the breeder, and driven out. On my drive home the Goldendoodle pup had pooped in his crate, gotten it on his fur, and I could tell he had roundworms.

Fortunately, I was able to get the Goldendoodle in to get seen by the veterinarian by calling on an old friend, because I had not even set up an appointment. After getting the Goldendoodle dog washed up, dewormed, and gotten him a few basic shots, I drove him back home to our kids. They were thrilled!

After getting the puppy home, I realized a few more issues. We did not have a place for the Goldendoodle pup to sleep, he was starting to chew on everything, and he did not even have a name yet. To top it all off, he tried to escape every time the door was opened.

After a couple of weeks, things with the Goldendoodle were not going good. The pup had chewed up all varieties of things in the house, was swallowing underwear left on the floor, the housebreaking was going poorly, and the obedience training that I was doing was not enough, since I was away at work all day. If the children had been older, either my wife or I may have been able to get the training done, but we did not have time. Against our better wishes, even though we knew training him ourselves was the better way to go, we sent the Goldendoodle to a two week training regimen.

We missed him when he was gone for two weeks. The children kept asking when he was coming home, and my youngest even cried because she missed him so much. Getting the Goldendoodle was the right thing to do.

He returned like a new dog! No more gnawing on stuff he was not allowed to, and no escaping. He did still eat a couple more pairs of underwear, though. We still had to work on the potty training, but with some good odor eradicators we were able to get that completed as well. The training was certainly necessary. If I had had a little more time, or could not afford the training regimen, I would certainly have purchased a quality obedience training program and gotten it done myself.

Find out more about Goldendoodle training on our site about Goldendoodle Dogs.

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